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Pupils returning to school are now more likely to get a new tablet device than a pencil case, a study has found. 一项调查发现，如今小学生返校时更有可能携带新的平板电脑，而非文具盒。 Researchers found that 55 percent of children are given a new iPad or similar device as they head back to school, compared to only 46 percent who get a new pencil case. 研究人员发现，55%的学生在返校的时候会得到新的平板电脑或类似设备，而只有46%的学生会得到新的文具盒。 It also emerged fewer kids walk to school now, dropping from 81 percent in their parents' schooldays to just 63 percent now, with a third of kids preferring to use a scooter to make it to the school gates. 现在孩子们也很少步行去上学了，在他们父母的那个年代81%的人步行上学，而现在只有63%，三分之一的孩子更喜欢骑滑板车去上学。 | 
